skelly15 wrote on 12/05/12 at 20:35:20:Does anyone here live in Texas and have a sort of clear understanding of the law....
The Law:
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/TN/htm/TN.547.htm http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/TN/htm/TN.504.htm#504.002Sec. 547.322. ... a white light that
1) illuminates the rear license plate; and(2) makes the plate clearly legible at a distance of 50 feet from the rear.
Sec. 504.010. ... The board may adopt rules regarding the placement of license plates for a motor vehicle, road tractor, motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vehicle issued license plates under Subsection (a) shall be required to attach and display only one license plate on the rear of the vehicle....
Basicly: "clearly legible" means if a cop doesn't want to look it sideways, your plate is illegal. "Rear at the vehicle" generally means at the rear end of the vehicle, behind the wheels or as far rearward you can mount.
You will please note that the motorcycle at the site you cite has several pictures of the plate tucked under the sear, and one with the plate at the rear and horizonal. I thunk he got pulled over.